I have heard the Purple American Economist* say similar things stated in the lovely video below. John Green has excellent YouTube channels and I will list them below so you can enjoy them.
Oh look everyone! Yet another way to control women and, more importantly, their reproductive choices!! Let's terrify women with the threat that if they don't have babies in their 20s and 30s they are more likely to not have children and/or have deformed ones! Shame on you for wanting it all!
I always thought that hysteria was a bit much and never paid attention to the whole "biological clock" bs. I also admit that I don't want children. However if I did I would certainly adopt if I couldn't give birth.
Yes that's right! All the hysteria you have had shoved down your throat is 300 years old!! Which of course means it has no relevance for you today!!!!
So take a moment, or even a few, to enjoy Ms. Barnes fabulous TRUTHUL UP TO DATE article on fertility and age and chill out.
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P.S. I wonder if similar studies for men have been done. No one seems to vociferously tell men that their sperm is getting old and nasty and they had better have kids when young. Ah the priviledges of being male.
Jennifer Sky was a model - and actress on one of my favorite TV shows "Xena: Warrior Princess." God/Dess I LOVE that show. She has a unique voice for her experiences on being a teen model and actress. She is also a wonderful writer.
Here are some very interesting videos and thoughts about Russian homophobic laws and the Olympics.
First from Keith Olbermann:
'Sochi Olympics boycott won't help Russian gays, but should be used for publicity.
My personal opinion. Well I guess I side with the athletes. I remember in the 70s when American boycotted the Russian Olympics. I think the people hurt the most by that were the athletes. These men and women train for hours a day for years of their lives and not being allowed to compete is a cruelty to them.
So yes I think we should go.
Now am I disgusted by Russian homophobic laws? Oh Hells YES!!!! Do I fear for my brother and sister Americans who may go there? Yes. Am I surprised by the power of the American dollar? Yes. And it also pleases me.
Perhaps we can finally really as America, put our money where our mouths are and change the world through economic development. It's an idea whose time has come.
I have been following David Futrelle for a little over a year now. He is quite fantastic and I first discovered him at his fabulous blog: Man Boobz. "Misogyny. I Mock It." What a great tag line. Check it out
David also writes about money issues. You can find him here: DimFlash.
So enjoy David's fearless writing - and mocking of all things misogyny. It certainly lifts my moods!
I also really enjoy Grail Diary. Similar to Man Boobz. Disses misogyny and all things intolerant. Enjoy!
I am watching people speaking on the 50 year anniversary of the March on Washington. It was a great moment in our history as Americans. Now we have ultra-conservative people fighting that progress. It is as if some members of the GOP know the only way they will win elections is to keep people out of the voting booths.
Bite me you anti-Americans!
Voting, jobs, livable wages, and safe neighborhoods: What is wrong with that? Nothing. It looks like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to me.
So I call on all of you to make sure that you GET TO THE POLLS!!! And don't just take yourself. Go the neighborhoods that may have lost their voting booths and drive your brother and sister Americans to their new voting location. I am saying to you, walk, bike, chaperone, do what you have to do to make sure that your brother and sister Americans, no matter the color of their skin, no matter where they live, GET TO THE POLLS AND EXERCISE THEIR AMERICAN RIGHT TO VOTE! Whatever it is you have to do - do it! Get yourself, your neighbors, your family, your friends, your in spirit brothers and sisters to the polls - and VOTE! As Whoopi Goldberg once said "The country you save may be your own."
In loving memory, I present to you, "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King.
Yes, there have been a few times when a Disney heroine has said something I have wanted a woman to say in a movie for years. Yes I did want to bow down and scream "YES! Thank you!" in the movie theater. I didn't. I waited until I watched it at home. Below are listed some of my "The Big YES!" moments in Disney movies.
"I am not a prize to be won." Oh Princess Jasmine of "Aladdin" fame. I love you. You stopped all of those men in their tracks as they argued your future and told them point blank you were a person. I couldn't believe it when you said it. I didn't think such an amazing and truthful statement could come from a Disney heroine. I am so glad I was wrong.
"I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle it." Meg. Short for Megara. Short for "Hallelujah!" It was nice to see a "damsel in distress" note that she could take care of herself. And I do believe that she could. I also liked that this "femme fatale" character didn't have just one note - femme fatale. She got to have several motivations and actions and I just liked her. Plus it was so good to have a Disney heroine with a deep voice.
"And for once it might be grand / to have someone understand / I want so much more then they've got planned."Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" you were the first Disney heroine I LOVED!! I still love you. You were a book reading, dreamy young woman, who had your own life plans. You didn't want a man to tell you what your dream should be. In fact, you wanted a man who knew you had more in mind than just them. :) Plus really liking someone 'cause they gave you a library? Oh you delightful Geek you!
Now Disney didn't make this video, but Disney music and characters are very enjoyable in it. :)
Sing it sisters.
Granted Disney princesses may not be perfect and the whole societal
princess craze would drive anyone mad. But let us point ourselves
towards the good parts about these princesses. Celebrate their character
and not just their status or looks. Might be good. I know I am smiling.
Plus I knew a little girl who when playing with her Barbies had them drive to the corporations they owned and take power lunches. They might have been married.
